The statutes of the province of Upper Canada [1792-1831]; together with such British statutes, ordinances of Quebec, and proclamations, as relate to the said province.

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1831
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Credit: The statutes of the province of Upper Canada [1792-1831]; together with such British statutes, ordinances of Quebec, and proclamations, as relate to the said province. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    IMHKX TO THE BRITISH STATtJTES.- t The acts of the Imperial Parliament and Proclamations affecting Upper Canada, passed previous to the year 1792, are placed at the commencement eff this volume, before the acts of the Provincial Parliament; and all others, passed from time to time, are to be found after those acts, at the latter end of the book.] Page. | ARBITRATORS. To ascertain the proportion of duties between Upper and Lower Canada; their mode of appointment, - 60G Their powers and duties in making their award, - - 607 Award, that between 1st July, 1819, and 1st July, 1824, the pro- portion to Upper Canada, one fifth, ... 608 Alter 1st July, 1824, the proportion to be determined by the ar- bitrators as before mentioned, - - - - ib. Award to be made every four years, ... ib. Proportion hereby established to be paid until a new one is made, ib. Proportion of duties under 14th Geo. Ill, c 38, how to be allotted, ib. Duties imposed by Lower Canada, to remain in force till repealed or altered by a legislative act of that province, - - 609 [To be transmitted to the governor' of Upper Canada and then laid before the imperial parliament, and assented to by his Majesty.] No act of the legislature of Lower Canada imposing new duties, affecting Upper Canada, to be valid, until laid before the impe- rial parliament, and a copy thereof transmitted within one month to the governor, &c. of Upper Canada, - - ib. When the legislature of Upper Canada concur in such intended act, and signify the same through the governor, &c. it need not be transmitted to be laid before the imperial parliament, 610 Boats and other craft belonging to his Majesty’s subjects in Up- per Canada, may go from Upper to Lower Canada, (not laden with foreign productions,) without being subject to any duty, ib. How tlie expenses of improving the navigation shall be paid, ib. Powers of the arbitrators not affected by 7th Geo. IV, c 48, 640 BRITISH SHIPPING AND NAVIGATION. Act for the encouragement of, to commence aftcroth June, 1826, 621 Europe; enumerated goods for home uses, to be imported in Bri- tish ships, or ships of the country of which the goods are the produce, or of the place from whence the goods are imported, 622 Goods, the produce of Asia, Africa, or America, may not be im- ported from Europe, except in certain cases, - - ib. Nor in foreign ships, except in certain cases, - - ib. Goods to be deemed the produce of the country where manu- factured, ------- ib. From Guernsey, &c. in British ships, - - - ib. Exports to Asia, See. and to Guernsey, &c. in British ships, ib. Coastwise, and between Guernsey, &c. in British ships, ib. Between British possessions in Asia, Africa, and America, in British ships, ...... ib. Between British possessions in America and other places in America, ib. No ship British, unless registered and navigated as such, ib. To be navigated by British master, and three fourths British seamen, ------ ib. In coasting trade, or Guernsey, &c. or British coasts’ fisheries, all to be British seamen, - - - - - ib. All vessels under fifteen tons’ burthen, admitted in navigation upon rivers, &c., - - - - - - 623 Honduras ships to be as British, in trade with the United King- dom, - - - - ib. Ship of any foreign country to be of the built of, or prize to such country; or British built and navigated by master and seamen (three fourths) of the country, and owned by subjects of the country, - ib. Masters and seamen not British, unless natural born or natura- lized, or denizens, or subjects by conquest or cession, or have served in his Majesty’s ships of war, - - - ib. Foreigners having served two years on beard of his Majesty’s ships during war, to be considered British seamen, - ib. British ship not to depart from a British port without British crew, except British negroes in America, or lascars in In- dia, --------- ib. If excess of foreign seamen, penalty £40 for each, except Bri- tish seamen cannotbe procured in foreign ports, or in India; or proportion destroyed unavoidably, and certificate produced or proof made, ----- • 624 Proportion of seamen may be altered by proclamation, - ib. Goods prohibited only by the navigation law, may be imported for exportation, and if imported contrary to the law of naviga- tion, to be forfeited, and the master subject to a penalty, ib. Certain privileges granted to foreign ships (by 6th Geo. IV, c 114,) limited to the ships of those countries which, having colonial possessions, shall grant the like privileges to British •hips, &c., ------- 625 Page. Foreign ships trading between the British possessions and other places in America, to be deemed ships of the place to which they belong, until 24th June, 1832, - - - 623 What vessels shall be deemed British on the lakes of America, 631 Ships built prior to 1st January, 1816, deemed British ships within certain limits, ..... 638 Small vessels importing prohibited goods, forfeited, - 643 BEEF AND PORK, SALTED. May be imported into Canada for exportation to Newfoundland, 640 May be imported into Canada on payment of a duty, - 643 Duties thereon repealed after 15th April, 1831, - - 647 CANADA COMPANY. Act of incorporation, ..... 618 If his Majesty shall grant a charter, the company may hold lands, ib. His Majesty may sell to the company the land called clergy re- serves, ib. His Majesty may substitute other land for the lands called clergy reserves, 619 Shares in the company to be deemed personal estate, - ib. Subscribers to forfeit their shares, in default of payment of calls, ib. Shares not to be sold till calls paid, .... ib. Company may hold lands in any part of his Majesty’s dominions, 620 Limitation of the value of the lands to be purchased, - ib. Form of the conveyance of lands under the charter, - ib. Or by attornies, ...... 644 Charter to be verified and registered; act declared public, 620 Company, by warrant of attorney, may appoint persons being in U. C. to execute conveyances in the name of the company, 644 Form of such conveyance, ..... ib. Company may revoke such warrants of attorney, and grant others, 645 Conveyances not to be subject to stamp duties, - - ib. Seal of the company affixed to any deed, to be sufficient evidence of its execution, ...... ib. Artificers, &c. may bind themselves to serve the company for a certain period, ------ ib'. Any two or more justices of the peace may impose fines for ill behaviour of artificers, &c. not to exceed fifty pounds, and may award execution thereon; or by arrest of the person of the offender,and imprisonment,not exceeding three calendar months, ib. Act not to prevent his Majesty from altering the letters patent to the company, - - - - - - ib. CLERGY. . * His Majesty authorized to make provision for the support of a protestant clergy, in the province of Quebec, - - 7 As to the rights of the Roman Catholic clergy, see p. 7, and 31st Geo. Ill, c 31, p. 18. His Majesty may authorize the governor, &c. to make allotments of land for the support of a protestant clergy in each province, 19 Governor, &lc. empowered to sell part of the clergy reserves in Canada, ------- 643 Limitation of the quantity to be sold, not to exceed 100,000 acres in any one year, ib. Money to be invested in the funds, and the dividends and interest applied in improving the remainder, ... jb. Governor, &e. may grant or accept lands in exchange for clergy reserves, ....... jb. (See 31st Geo. Ill, c 31, p. 19.) DEBTS. Act for the more easy recovery of debts in his Majesty’s planta- tions and colonies in America, .... 5 After 29th September, 1732, plantation debts may be proved ill the U. K. on oath before a chief magistrate, - - ib. Debts to his Majesty may be proved in the like manner, - ib. False oath or affirmation declared perjury, - 6 Lands, houses, negroes, &c. in the plantations, liable to satisfy debts, ....... ib. DUTIES, &c. Goods of the produce of the United States, enumerated in sche- dule A, p. 611, may be imported into either of the provinces of Lower or Upper Canada, ..... 60S Governor, &c. may increasecr diminish the number of the ports of entry, ib. Where any article is liable to a colonial duty, equal to or exceed- ing the one imposed by a British act, such article shall not be charged with the duty; if the duty he less, the difference only shall be paid, - * - - - - - 604 92